Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

The man stuck out his tongue and licked it, seemingly becoming excited.

Gunnir's expression was cold as he said indifferently:

"The things these three little girls have aren't cheap. If I'm not mistaken, they must be from some magical family in England."

"If you don't want to get killed by other teams, don't even think about messing with them!"

"Otherwise, we'll have no choice but to exchange you for someone else."

"I think they would be happy to accept it, after all, they don't have many negative scores!"

Hearing those two emotionless words, "exchange."

Everyone on the Arctic team tensed up.

There was no other way, because their captain had actually done something like that before.

Of course, it was that newcomer who brought this upon himself.

Moreover, this man also knew that he was not an essential member of the team.

If he were truly courting death, Gunnir would certainly not save him, and no one else would plead for him.

"We're here. This is the place. Buy quills and ink here."

"Oh, and remember to introduce yourself. That way, you can get a discount."

Harry looked at the exquisite and beautiful products in the surrounding shops.

Looking up, he asked, "Is it Hagrid?"

"How can I afford these things?"

"I've never had any money?"

Hagrid then remembered something and slapped his head.

Then he lowered his head: "Never?"

Harry nodded vigorously at Hagrid.

Seeing the expression on Harry's face, Hagrid suddenly burst into laughter.

"Haha, Harry, you're Harry Potter, do you think you'd be broke?"

Is it possible that you have money, but you've simply forgotten?

After Hagrid finished speaking, he stuck out a finger and patted Harry on the shoulder.

Even though it was just a finger, it almost made Harry lose his balance.

"Alright, Harry, your money is actually over there!"

Hagrid stretched out his arm and pointed straight ahead.

"Gringotts Wizarding Bank, nowhere is safer! Except, of course, Hogwarts."

"Oh, although I heard there were some issues a few days ago, they've all been resolved perfectly."

Hagrid didn't go into detail about this sudden event, since he only knew about it from the newspaper.

Hagrid dusted himself off and led Harry Potter directly into the massive building at the end of Diagon Alley.

Walk through the dome and through the gate.

Harry looked at the glittering counter and the short, busy figures around him with great curiosity.

Candles suspended in mid-air, letters fluttering past my side—I'm curious about all of this.

"Hagrid, what's going on with those people?"

"How could they...?"

Hagrid kindly explained, "Fairies are creatures unique to the magical world. They are very intelligent and born with magic, but they are not friendly to humans."

"Especially lately, so you'd better get closer to me."

Harry nodded, then gripped Hagrid's clothes tightly.

As the two moved forward, more and more beams of light, carrying a scrutinizing quality, appeared.

It wasn't until Hagrid said those words to the counter that...

"Mr. Harry Potter wants to withdraw some of his money!"

Those gazes then vanished without a trace.

Anyone could be the one robbing a bank, but this name is the only one that cannot and will not be.

The bald, aged elf used the pen in his hand to gather his silvery-white hair.

Then he looked at Hagrid, and then at a tiny bit of Harry.

He hesitated for a moment before speaking:
"So, Mr. Harry Potter, did you bring the keys?"

Hagrid pulled a golden key from the greasy pocket of his shirt and handed it over.

The aged fairy took it and began to check it before nodding.

"Come with me!"

"Wait, wait, there's one more thing, a task that Headmaster Dumbledore gave me!"

As Hagrid spoke, his expression became cautious, and he secretly handed out a note.

"So, do these two vaults have...?"

The old goblin snorted at Hagrid, then turned and jumped off the counter.

It was at this moment that Harry realized he was actually a little taller than the goblin.

Outside Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

Chen Zilong, with his hands in his pockets, looked at Li Xiao, who was eating jelly beans:

Should we follow them in?

Li Xiao shook his head: "No need. If we go in now, I'm afraid we'll be walking into a trap."

"Xiao Honglu once said, never underestimate the depth of a magical world."

"Although there are no forbidden spells like those in the novels in the Harry Potter world, some special spells with rules are still very difficult to deal with."

The two chatted as they squatted under a streetlamp.

Actually, they were both looking forward to it, hoping that some restless person would go to the bank to find some excitement.

They might get a B-level side quest without having to do anything.

Another location in Diagon Alley.

Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, who finally had some free time, were shopping.

This was also the first time the two of them had visited Diagon Alley together.

Want some weird-flavored jelly beans?

"I heard from Li Xiao that the mixed pack tastes like fresh blood."

Zhan Lan smiled and shook her head, seemingly thinking of something: "No, I saw Cheng Xiao gagging and vomiting yesterday. The other thing was weird-flavored beans."

“I asked him what it tasted like, but he wouldn’t tell me.”

Zheng Zha felt embarrassed upon hearing this and then laughed.

Then he said:

"Actually, before I came in, I always thought it would be a faction war."

"Because the timeline of Harry Potter 1 is quite special."

The entry point might be during the First Wizarding War, and the mission objective might be to rescue Harry.

"Or we might be on Voldemort's side, and our mission is to kill Harry's parents."

"Then there are other teams on the opposite side."

"But to my surprise, it wasn't like that at all."

"What's even more outrageous is that before we even made our appearance, these main god teams had already started fighting."

Zhan Lan smiled, pursing her lips, "Actually, it's not surprising that you think that way."

"The two team battles we experienced before were basically the same pattern."

"However, don't forget that in The Mummy, before the Indiana team knew about our main storyline, they mentioned peaceful coexistence."

"This shows that there are actually a lot of rules in team battles."

"Furthermore, as the Southern Flame State team and the Northern Ice State team mentioned, their previous horror movie must have had a similar main storyline. At least they weren't targeting each other, otherwise they would never have formed an alliance."

After Zhan Lan finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and shook her head, denying what she had just said:
"No, not necessarily."

Zheng Zha followed behind: "Uh, what's wrong?"

"What's uncertain about that? The main storyline conflicts will definitely lead to team battles, right?"

Zhan Lan shook her head: "I suddenly realized that even if the main god's mission is to target each other, the two teams can still coexist peacefully, or even achieve a win-win situation."

Zheng Zha's muscular brain was completely baffled.

Zhan Lan took out a white stone from her spatial bag and said with a smile:

"Don't forget about items like runestones."

"Actually, I was just thinking, if runestones can prevent annihilation, then what?"

Do negative points need to be repaid, or are they simply reset to zero?

"It's highly likely that it will be reduced to zero, because whether it's me or Chu Xuan when we are resurrected, we only have the reward points we accumulated before, not the part we experienced when we died."

"For the same reason, negative scores will not be erased. In other words, negative 1,000 points or negative 10,000 points are the same, as it is just one chance to consume rune stones."

"If the benefits offered by the other party are large enough, it is not unacceptable."

"Is the profit big enough?"

Zheng Zha was puzzled.

"You mean the items you exchanged? Or something else?"

Zhan Lan shook her head: "No, in team battles, the most valuable thing is not the items."

But the more valuable asset is the new recruit. Don't forget the T-virus serum we have. Who knows if the other four teams don't have something similar? Once the new recruit unlocks their genetic potential, that's a B-level side quest worth 7000 reward points…”

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha froze on the spot.

Because he finally understood what Zhan Lan was trying to express.

However, this method of trading is simply too cruel.

Zhan Lan continued:

"Even a small farming team like the Senzhou team they mentioned only has some double-B grade items, which are still necessities for them and definitely cannot be traded."

"Therefore, the truly valuable members are the newcomers in each team!"

Zheng Zha realized what was happening, swallowed hard, and looked pale.

"You mean trading kills on the other team's newbies?"

"One side completes the task? The other side gets a negative score? Then, using rune stones, the score is reset? And side quests are unlocked?"

After Zheng Zha finished speaking, he even felt that what he said was outrageous.

But seeing Zhan Lan's complicated expression and then her nodding gaze, he finally believed that he was right.

Zhan Lan slowed down and walked alongside Zheng Zha: "Don't forget, there's also the item for switching teams."

"Once the operation is completed, if you are decisive enough, you can even switch to another team and start over."

Zheng Zha walked mechanically, still immersed in the terrifying facts described by Zhan Lan.

He didn't even realize when his hand had grabbed Zhan Lan.

After a while, "I suddenly thought of something."

Zhan Lan countered, "What are you thinking about?"

"Now I understand why all three teams said not to touch any side quests or do anything that would change the plot."

Looking into Zhan Lan's eyes, Zheng Zha exhaled and said:

"We only speculated that the Japanese team had a negative score because of Zhao Zhuikong's presence, but is it possible that it's not just the Japanese team?"

"Bei Bing, and even Nan Yan, actually have negative scores."

"Their veterans may be unharmed, but the newcomers are probably..."

Zheng Zha ignored the surprise on Zhan Lan's face and continued:

"Because of the order of arrival, there is a natural barrier between each team. Neos once said that he didn't actually know how many people were in the Japanese team or how many were newcomers."

"So when the Dongying team followed Beibing and Nanyan to wait for the East American team, they should have already hidden some team members and newcomers."

"So Zhao Zhuikong might be just as they say, and he did indeed kill everyone in the team except for himself as soon as he arrived."

"But we didn't take action against those three teams immediately."

"Otherwise, no matter what the seniors say, at least the newcomers can be retained."

"So Zhao Zhuikong must have agreed to the conditions of the three teams from the beginning."

"Then they found their gathering point and launched a sneak attack, no, that's not right."

It would be more accurate to call it an assassination.

"That's why we saw three captains when we arrived. They probably agreed to attack together if things went wrong."

Listening to Zheng Zha's smooth analysis, Zhan Lan was impressed.

"That's right, you're right about everything. Although some of the reasoning is a bit stiff, the logic is correct."

"Chu Xuan had already made this deduction when he first saw the three teams mixed together."

"However, of course we don't know about runestones, which are items that can change the rules."

At this point, Zhan Lan gave a wry smile:

"So at that time, Xiao Honglu and I both believed that there would be a major battle."

"But now it seems that not only are they unable to fight, they are even worried about us."
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at the same time.

Hagrid and Harry, unsurprisingly, boarded the little train heading to the underground garage.

It was on this little train that Harry felt he had finally entered the magical world.

Harry was thrilled by the dazzling array of special lighting effects along the way.

However, this excitement quickly turned into exhilaration.

The excitement of a poor person suddenly becoming rich.

In the underground vault, Harry, holding a searchlight, opened the door to his personal vault.

Harry stood frozen in shock at the light reflecting off the vault door, so stunned he could hardly believe his eyes.

Hagrid looked at Harry and said in a strange tone:

"Harry, have you ever thought about what your parents will leave you?"

“From now on, this place is all yours. I believe you will save these gold coins, after all, this is the last thing your parents left you.”

"Believe me, Harry, they all love you so much."

As Hagrid spoke.

Whether it was the excitement of witnessing magic or the thrill of a poor person suddenly becoming rich, it was all blown away like a gust of wind.

All that remained was a very strange feeling.

Harry walked forward blankly.

Upon entering the vault, he grabbed a gold coin from beside him and looked down at it.

Hagrid, standing at the vault door, sighed upon seeing this scene and then began to tear his hair out.

In the end, I'll just tell the truth:

"Ahem, well, actually these are Dean Dumbledore's exact words. To be honest, Harry, I'm not suited to saying these kinds of educational things; it's strange."

"I want you to know that your parents are great and love you very much."

Hagrid then handed the golden key to Harry, returning it to its rightful owner.

Harry, however, only took a few dozen gold coins and then closed the door.

Because Hagrid said that was enough.

"Gentlemen, we've arrived at vault number 713. This is it."

Harry had recovered and was excitedly looking around again.

He looked at the goblin guards who had made way for him and asked curiously, "Hagrid, what is this place?" (End of Chapter)